From: Alex Holzman <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:31:13 -0500 Joe, I think for university presses it's getting to be more like 5-10% electronic now. I agree overall numbers will trail trade publishing for a bit, but if UPCC and other efforts succeed to the degree I think they may, then the scholarly monograph that sells only 300 copies (or fewer, heaven help us) will be more like 75-80% electronic in pretty short order. The monographs are overwhelmingly sold to libraries and what we're hearing is a preference for electronic, Chuck's good points about difficult archiving issues notwithstanding. PDA seems likely only to accelerate the e-trend. Of course I could be entirely wrong..... Alex Alex Holzman Director Temple University Press Email: [log in to unmask] http://www.temple.edu/tempress On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 8:52 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > From: Joseph Esposito <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 23:45:31 -0800 > > I also have been counting ereading devices on public transportation. > Interesting as well are statistics from the AAP (publishers' group). > Trade publishers are now reporting that 20% of total volume is ebooks. > The number is lower for scholarly books, probably in the range of > 2-3%, though some academic publishers are approaching double digits. > > Predictions for the trade go as high s 50% in just a few years. One > prediction (by Mike Shatzkin, a prominent industry consultant) puts > the figure at 80%. I think that academic titles will trail trade for > some time. Oddly, whereas the trade was far behind scholarly > publishers for many years, that situation is now reversing. > > Joe Esposito